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The Daily Caller:
Here's What We've Found Digging Through Hunter Biden's Alleged Laptop  — The Daily Caller News Foundation's reporters have been poring over the contents of Hunter Biden's alleged hard drive, which show how Hunter tried to leverage his father's position for financial gain.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire:
This Is Joe Biden When No One Is Watching  —  When my son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016, Biden didn't have to call.  But he did, three times, because he is everything he says he is.  —  On a brilliant spring afternoon in 2016, I stood in a classroom at a Secret Service training facility in Maryland …
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:   Court File Shows Joe Biden Listed as Possible Witness With Son in Fraud Case
The Daily Beast:
Republicans: Trump Will Be Our Leader, Even if He Loses  —  The president won't go quietly even if things don't go well Tuesday night.  Beyond that, politics have forever been changed by his presidency.  —  Although President Donald Trump could lose his bid for re-election on Tuesday night …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Ex-RNC officials won't back Trump  —  Three former communications directors at the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted against President Trump this year, they said Monday.  —  In a tweet posted Monday, Ryan Mahoney, who ran communications for the party apparatus during President Trump's …
QU Poll:
Florida And Ohio: Biden Has The Edge Over Trump, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Nationally, Biden Maintains A Strong Lead  —  On the eve of Election Day 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden has narrow leads over President Donald Trump in Florida and Ohio, according to the final Quinnipiac …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Biden narrowly leads Trump in six swing states before Election Day, poll shows  — Joe Biden holds at least narrow leads over Donald Trump in the six 2020 election swing states of Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a CNBC/Change Research poll.
Discussion: CBS News and IJR
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Final NBC/Marist state polls show close races in Pennsylvania and Arizona
New York Times:
As Election Day Arrives, Trump Shifts Between Combativeness and Grievance  —  The president is sounding notes of bravado and exasperation at the end of a divisive campaign.  But he may have severed himself from the political realities of a country in crisis.
New York Times:
As Voting Ends, Battle Intensifies Over Which Ballots Will Count  —  President Trump and his allies say they intend an aggressive challenge to how the votes are counted in key states, and Democrats are mobilizing to meet it.  —  With the election coming to a close, the Trump and Biden campaigns …
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
What I Learned From Training to Be a Right-Wing Poll Watcher  —  Alan Vera, ballot security chairman for Texas' Harris County GOP, wants prospective poll watchers to keep an eye on their coffee.  —  “Here's a tip that I almost hate to have to tell you, but: Do not accept coffee …
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Associated Press:
Judge limits Governor Newsom's powers during coronavirus pandemic  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California county judge on Monday preliminarily ordered Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop issuing directives related to the coronavirus that might interfere with state law.
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Judge rules California's Newsom overstepped his authority with election order
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Election Eve Message Focuses on Refusing to Pay Microphone Guy  —  President Trump, trailing in the polls, brought an unconventional message to the people of Wisconsin: He is mad at the guy who set up his rally microphone and is not going to pay him for his work.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's 2020 Superspreader Campaign: A Diary  —  From “COVID, COVID, COVID” is a fake to “Fire Fauci!”  —  The Monday morning of Donald Trump's last full week as a Presidential candidate started, of course, with a tweet.  “The Fake News media is riding covid, covid, covid, all the way to the Election.
New York Times:
Vienna Shooting Live Updates: Terrorist Attack in Austria Leaves 2 Dead and at Least 15 Wounded  —  The Austrian leader described the gunmen as terrorists, but no motive has emerged.  At least one attacker was still at large.  —  RIGHT NOW “We are going through a dark hour in our republic …
Murray Waas / New York Magazine:
How Trump and Barr's October Surprise Went Bust  —  On September 10, Nora Dannehy resigned as the deputy to John Durham, the federal prosecutor investigating the government's probe into the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.  Dannehy left her post and the Justice Department …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Michael Wines / New York Times:
November Surprise: Fewer Ballots Rejected by Election Officials  —  With many voters casting their first absentee ballots, experts feared a wave of disqualifying mistakes.  But that may not be so.  —  WASHINGTON — With absentee ballots flooding election offices nationwide …
Discussion: Raw Story and DCReport.org
New York Times:
Needle Update: What to Expect on Election Night  —  We'll have live estimates for Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.  —  For many Times readers, the memory of election night in 2016 is inseparable from the image of a semicircular chart that has since become known — affectionately or not — as “the needle.”
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP GOTV set to swamp Biden lead, ‘Election Day to look like a Trump rally’  —  The Trump campaign, exuding 11th hour confidence, is revealing raw voter data that suggests to them that Joe Biden's lead in early voting will be swamped by a red wave of GOP voters on Election Day.
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Psychiatrist Who Evaluated Trump's Mental State on CNN and MSNBC Argues President is Worse Than Hitler  —  Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a psychiatrist who has appeared on CNN and MSNBC and briefed members of Congress, appeared to argue on Monday that President Donald Trump is worse than Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
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Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Ballot processing begins in Detroit; 2 poll challengers removed … On the first day of absentee ballot processing in TCF Center in Detroit, police removed two poll challengers, including one man wearing a horror-movie mask who shouted that the ballot processing was “crooked.”
Discussion: The Root and The Daily Beast
Louis Jacobson / @politifact:
Trump spokesman Jason Miller paints dubious picture of Election Night  —  • No candidate will “be over 290 electoral votes” on Election Night, because electoral votes aren't cast until Dec. 14 and won't be counted until Jan. 6.  —  • Beyond that, media outlets won't be projecting winners …
Daniel Figueroa IV / WMNF:
Video shows Pinellas deputies repeatedly punching, elbowing Biden supporter during political rally in Palm Harbor  —  A video showing the arrest of a Clearwater man during a political rally in Palm Harbor has raised concerns over a deputy's use of force.  —  The video shows deputies punching …
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Greg Gianforte's Political Director Attacked and Damaged a Woman's Car: Police Report  —  Gianforte has, shall we say, his own history of violent incidents during elections.  This time, it was an aide involved and an automobile on the receiving end.  —  Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) …
Discussion: The Montana Post and Raw Story
Louis Jacobson / The Cook Political Report:
What is The Cook Political Report?  —  The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Pennsylvania AG hit for predicting Trump will lose election before votes even counted  —  Election remains extremely close in the battleground state with polls showing Biden with a narrow lead  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for November 2  —  Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro …
BuzzFeed News:
New: Mueller Investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, And Roger Stone For DNC Hacks  —  Prosecutors investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Roger Stone for the hacking of Democratic National Committee servers as well as for possible campaign finance violations, but ultimately chose not to charge them …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
The Intercept:
Progressive Challengers Could Shatter a Washington Narrative on Tuesday … The 2018 House Democratic primaries saw the most robust battle between the party's progressive and centrist wings since the 2006 Blue Wave.  Flush with anger at President Donald Trump, dozens of progressives leapt …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Texas Republicans appeal after judge rejects bid to toss 127,000 drive-thru ballots  —  Texas Republicans again appealed a court order allowing drive-thru voting to continue in Harris County, Texas, with a late filing Monday evening.  —  Earlier in the day, a federal judge ruled …
The White House:
Executive Order on Establishing the President's Advisory 1776 Commission  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to better enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
In a Hot Election, the Cool-Headed Associated Press Takes Center Stage  —  At the end of a turbulent campaign, the global news organization has a big role to play, with 4,000 reporters collecting vote counts from county clerks in 50 states.  —  The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
6 Steps - The day you vote  —  The more prepared you are, the more you reduce your risk of getting and spreading COVID-19.  —  Voters who are sick or in quarantine should take steps to protect poll workers and other voters.  This includes wearing a mask, staying at least 6 feet away from others …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Flag-waving Trump supporters block California voting station with vehicle caravan  —  A caravan of President Donald Trump's supporters blocked access to a voting station in southern California.  —  The caravan paraded for 60 miles through Riverside County before arriving at a Temecula sports park …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Four GOP Campaign Chiefs Make Their Final Election Predictions.  They're as Divided as the Country.  —  They battled Donald Trump and lost.  Despite the polls, a couple of them think he could pull out a surprise win again.  —  Election Day is here—and with it, the chance to look very smart …
Siddharthya Roy / Newsweek:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Got a Big Social Media Boost from Indian Troll Farms  —  Joe Biden's Twitter account got a sizable boost beginning in August from tens of thousands of fake followers purchased on the open market from troll farms in rural India, an investigation has found.
Discussion: Breitbart
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Trump Has No Free-and-Fair Path to Re-election  —  At no point since Donald Trump filed his re-election paperwork on inauguration day in 2017 has he or his campaign acted with the purpose of winning the most votes, or even of convincing people that he'd be the popular favorite in 2020.
Sarah Jones / POLITICUSUSA:
A Reason For Hope: Nancy Pelosi's Democrats Are Raring to Go If Biden Wins  —  Here's something to feel good about: If Joe Biden wins the 2020 election, Democrats will have two experienced experts who can hit the ground running with a tight House coalition.  —  Most presidents don't come …
Discussion: Politico, Townhall, The Sun and Raw Story
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Dead people caught voting in NYC, elections records show … Ballots have been mailed in to the New York City Board of Elections in the name of dead voters, The Post has learned.  —  Records show that the elections board received an absentee ballot from a Frances Reckhow of Staten Island, a registered Democrat.
 
 
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